![]() ![]() Nine in ten (87%) ‘agree’ (43% strongly/44% somewhat) that ‘a Canadian health charter should outline national principles for the health system, but it should also allow each province and territory the ability to outline how they plan to meet those national standards’, and a similar proportion (90%) ‘agrees’ (57% strongly/33% somewhat) that ‘the federal government should have a patient health charter for those it is responsible for, including aboriginal Canadians and the military’. Most (93%) ‘agree’ (60% strongly/33% somewhat) that they would like their province to adopt a similar patient health charter for the patients in their province to ensure accountability and responsibility for the quality of care they receive, with those in British Columbia (96%) being most likely to say so, followed by those living in Alberta (95%), Ontario (93%), Saskatchewan and Manitoba (90%), Quebec (89%) and Atlantic Canada (88%). In fact, the Ipsos Reid poll also found that eight in ten (82%) Canadians ‘agree’ (40% strongly/42% somewhat) that ‘a patient health charter that outlines patients’ rights and responsibilities would make the health care system more efficient’, and a similar proportion (86%) ‘agrees’ (43% strongly/43% somewhat) that this kind of charter would ‘improve the quality of health services’ in Canada. ![]() ![]() Nearly half (48%) ‘disagree’ (17% strongly/31% somewhat) with this sentiment, while 2% don’t know. Nine in ten (87%) ‘agree’ (47% strongly/40% somewhat) that ‘establishing a patient health charter should be a requirement for the federal, provincial and territorial governments as part of a 2014 health care funding agreement’, and, one half (50%) feel so strongly about this that they ‘agree’ (15% strongly/35% somewhat) that ‘jurisdictions that do not establish a patient health charter within a reasonable timeframe should receive less funding from any future health care funding agreement. The newly-released report card on the Canadian health care system has revealed several findings indicating that Canadians want greater accountability in health care, including: support for a patient health charter, a complaint mechanism, and a system that would allow those who are not receiving adequate care to receive care in other jurisdictions. Ipsos Reid and the Canadian Medical Association probed the matter. ![]()
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